According to Cinco, Filipino ANTM producer Michael Carandang asked him to submit his sketches to Tyra Banks, the show’s supermodel host and creator. Banks then asked him to make couture pieces using eco-friendly materials for a photo shoot featuring the six remaining contestants. The shoot with ANTM judge and photographer Nigel Barker took place in November last year in a Los Angeles landfill.

He added, "I’d say that we achieved the look. In some of the shots, there was one dress that looked like melting metal and there was another one that looked like cellophane splashed with oil."

Cinco said Banks and another ANTM judge, US Vogue’s Andre Leon Talley, raved about the pieces he made for the shoot. "He even exclaimed upon seeing one of the dresses and (said) even if it was made from recycled materials, it would still be red-carpet glamour for any famous Hollywood celebrity."

Of Banks, Cinco told La Moda Dubai, "Tyra Banks is super down to earth. She’s a doll. I remember the first things she told me were ’So you’re the first Filipino designer on the show’ and ’Did you bring all the bling from Dubai?’ She was hilarious and she loved the collection I made; no doubt she will always be one of my personal favorite supermodels."